Analysis and Comparison of Laboratory Activities in Senior High School Chemistry Textbooks Published by People’s Education Press: Taking “Experiment” and “Experimental Activity” Columns of the 2019 Textbooks for Example
HUANG Hai-Qing**
Guangdong Guangya High School, Guangzhou 510160, China
Abstract In this study, Level of Openness of Laboratory Activities(LOLA) revised by Herron and Requirements of Student Behavior in Laboratory Activities(RSBLA) proposed by the author are the analysis tools, which are used to analyze the experimental activities of the “experiment” and “experimental activity” columns in chemistry textbooks of PEP (2019).The statistical results of the 2019 textbooks are compared with the 2007 textbooks. The study shows the LOLA of experimental activities in 2019 textbooks are level 1 or level 2, and students’ behaviors are required to “observe”, “record experimental phenomena”, “answer questions related to experiments” and “design experiments”. Chi square test shows that there are significant differences in the distribution of LOLA and RSBLA between the 2019 edition and the 2007 edition textbooks.
HUANG Hai-Qing. Analysis and Comparison of Laboratory Activities in Senior High School Chemistry Textbooks Published by People’s Education Press: Taking “Experiment” and “Experimental Activity” Columns of the 2019 Textbooks for Example[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 42(7): 8-14.
